Yván Gil Responds to His Guyanese Par: We Defend Our Historical Rights over Esequiba Guiana

An exchange of statements raised the verbal tension between Venezuela and Guyana today, after Guyanese Foreign Minister Hugh Todd stated that his country “will not be intimidated or threatened” by Venezuela. The response was not made by Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil, who categorically denied the accusations and reaffirmed Venezuela’s position on Guayana Esequiba. In a message broadcast through his Telegram channel, Foreign Minister Gil de…

Venezuela’s Foreign Minister, Yván Gil, responded this Friday to his Guyanese counterpart, Hugh Todd, to whom he told him that the Bolivarian nation “has never intimidated or threatened anyone, let alone Guyana.” “What we are doing is defending our historical rights over Guayana Esequiba, a territory that belongs to us and whose support is in the history and documents of the Liberator Simón Bolívar,” Gil said in a publication on his Telegram cha…